Pradeep worked in prime brokerage sales and business consulting at UBS.

Pradeep’s hire follows news that Barclays Capital has boosted the size of its Asia prime brokerage by 65% and that Citigroup has added eight professionals to its offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney, Australia. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has also been busy, hiring Morgan Stanley’s Futoshi Ago for its Japanese prime brokerage last month.